Originally titled "Offering Guanyin"
[Tsundere Princess x Loyal Childhood Friend]
Born a princess, Zhao Xuanzhen had no choice.
But whether to remain a princess was something she would have to choose for herself.
She treated the first emperor like her own father and asked him for power and wealth.
Her father doted on her, but gave her nothing.
Not only did he force her childhood friend to become a monk, he also wanted her to marry him.
Fortunately, on her wedding day, her childhood friend arrived in time and kidnapped her halfway through the ceremony.
The escape was difficult and full of hardship, and the sunlight shone brightly on her childhood friend's bald head.
Zhao Xuanzhen flicked a finger and laughed at him for being a monk who abducted a bride. How improper.
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Zhao Xuanzhen was a princess. A princess ought to enjoy a life of fine clothes and good food in the imperial palace.
So she returned to the palace and killed the first emperor.
The second emperor was her own brother, who later became her father.
So Zhao Xuanzhen secretly called him her second father.
Her second father doted on her too.
When Zhao Xuanzhen wanted power, he made her a high-ranking official in purple robes.
When she wanted money, he built her a princess's residence with thousands of rooms.
The one thing he wouldn't give back was her childhood friend.
Zhao Xuanzhen was deeply worried. Her childhood friend was so frail that, separated from her, he would pine away and die before long.
Her childhood friend died, and Zhao Xuanzhen came to hate her second father.
Her second father was no good man either. He turned around and tried to make her marry him.
Fortunately, on the wedding day, the famous young general returned in armor and abducted her straight from the bridal sedan.
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Later, her second father died too, and the throne ended up in the young general's hands.
The person she trusted most had not only betrayed her and become the new emperor, but now he wanted to make her empress?
Zhao Xuanzhen let out a cold laugh and tore the phoenix crown and bridal robes he'd sent to shreds. This man was clearly headed down the same path as the late emperor.
She fled her wedding again, but six months later returned with soldiers, armor, and bridal finery in tow.
She shot an arrow straight through the new emperor's crown tassels.
The throne changes hands in turn. This year, it's my family's turn.
Let him be the empress. She would be the emperor.
Reader's Guide:
1. One couple, both each other's first and only.
2. An alternate history setting. Please don't overanalyze it.
3. The heroine isn't actually of royal blood.
4. An alternate history setting. Please don't overanalyze it.
Theme: Strive upward.
It looks so good!! Why is it so good but no one is commenting?